During World War II, General Motors shifted gears from making cars to building warbirds.
Opinion
How long to replace a carburetor on my Lycoming engine?
Estimated labor time for this replacement is about two hours.
A pervasiveness of disservice
Disservice is rampant, including in aviation. Perhaps the most glaring example is in flight instruction, where the drop-out rate hovers around 80%. A shockingly high number that would kill most industries.
Every storm cloud has a silver lining
“I honestly don’t know if he would have soloed on his 16th birthday if I hadn’t had all this extra time.”
The trials and tribulations of being a third wheel
My Cub came out of the factory as a taildragger, somewhere along the line it was converted to a tricycle gear configuration, then in 1997 it returned to its original glory as a taildragger.
Not all greases are created equal
Most of the problems stem from a belief that all grease is created equal and as long as a bearing has some sort of grease in it, it will be fine.
Barriers to entry into the cockpit
Sometimes I wonder if the engineers who design cockpits are aware that pilots aren’t born in the seat. We have to get in there somehow.
Questions from the Cockpit: A good grounding
I recall thinking we’d likely crash just fine, even without me trying.
One Pilot’s View: Fuselage Envy
If someone gave me a plane that was twice as fancy and twice as expensive as my current plane, do you think I would be twice as happy the next day?